In the second, neutrinos actually had a small mass.
This requires that the particles have a small mass.
The patient was a heavy smoker and a small mass had appeared in one lung, the agency said.
Dr Koshiba's second detector showed that neutrinos, previously believed to be massless, actually have a small mass.
Former US president Jimmy Carter has undergone a medical procedure to remove a small mass in his liver, his organization the Carter Center has said.
But two years ago, a Japanese experiment called Super-Kamiokande found evidence that neutrinos have at least a small mass, without determining what that mass is.
He then became the 2013 champion after correctly spelling the word "knaidel," a German-derived Yiddish word for a small mass of leavened dough, or dumpling.
The existence of such a process would have great significance for nuclear theory, for it requires a small mass for the neutrino.
The seed consists of a simple, dry, outer coat enclosing a small mass of undifferentiated cells that form a pro-embryo.
Whereas anyone with a knack for combining wood, metal, fiberglass and epoxy can conceivably make and sell a pair of skis, producing those skis on a mass level, even if it's a small mass, poses a challenge.
But when she pressed her doctor for a further work-up, a CT scan of her upper abdomen revealed a small mass on one kidney and scattered cysts throughout her lungs.
